New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said even though the instantaneous divorce has gone, two other types of 'talaq' continue to exist and these are challenges to gender justice and gender equality.

"Greater clarity today. Only instant triple talaq is illegal. Other two kinds are also a challenge to gender justice and gender equality," he said in a tweet.

Greater clarity today. Only instant triple talaq is illegal. Other two kinds are also a challenge to gender justice and gender equality.

The former Union home minister said 'triple talaq' was a distortion of original Quranic legal principles and it was good that it has been declared unconstitutional by the apex court. "Majority judgment is a resounding affirmation of gender justice and of equality of spouses," he said in another tweet.

Majority judgement is a resounding affirmation of gender justice and of equality of spouses. — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) August 22, 2017

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the 'talaq-e-biddat' (triple talaq or instantaneous divorce) among Muslims.

However, the court did not touch on the two other method of divorce - 'talaq ahsan' (single pronouncement followed by abstinence) and 'talaq hasan' (three pronouncements; 1 each in 3 successive months).